8-letter words containing i, h, r
- relished — liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- repolish — a repolishing, the action of polishing again
- respighi — Ottorino [awt-taw-ree-naw] /ˌɔt tɔˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1936, Italian composer.
- restitch — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- retching — to make efforts to vomit.
- reuchlin — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1455–1522, German humanist scholar.
- rezaiyeh — a city in NW Iran.
- rhabdoid — a rod-shaped structure found in the cells of some plants and animals
- rhaetian — of or relating to Rhaetia.
- rheingau — a small wine-growing region in Hesse, in central Germany, on the Rhine.
- rhematic — pertaining to the formation of words.
- rheophil — (of organisms) liking flowing water
- rhetoric — (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- rhiannon — the wife of Pwyll who, accused of having eaten her son, was forced as a penance to carry people on her back until vindicated by her son's return.
- rhinitis — inflammation of the nose or its mucous membrane.
- rhizopod — any of numerous protozoa of the widespread subphylum (or superclass) Rhizopoda, characterized by a pseudopod and comprising most members of the phylum Sarcodina, including the amebas and foraminifers.
- rhizopus — any zygomycetous fungus of the genus Rhizopus, esp R. nigricans, a bread mould
- rhodanic — of or relating to thiocyanic acid
- rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- rhomboid — an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal.
- rhopalic — (of poetry) in which each successive word has one more syllable than the word before
- rhyolite — a fine-grained igneous rock rich in silica: the volcanic equivalent of granite.
- rhythmic — cadenced; rhythmical.
- richards — a male given name.
- richesse — richness or wealth
- richland — a city in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: residential and administrative quarters for the Hanford Works. Compare Hanford (def 2).
- richmond — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast: part of the historical South. 40,815 sq. mi. (105,710 sq. km). Capital: Richmond. Abbreviation: VA (for use with zip code), Va.
- richness — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- richweed — clearweed.
- rickshaw — jinrikisha.
- ricochet — the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
- right on — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- right-on — exactly right or to the point.
- rightest — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- rightful — having a valid or just claim, as to some property or position; legitimate: the rightful owner of the farm.
- righting — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- rightish — somewhat right, esp politically
- rightism — conservatism, especially in politics.
- rightist — of or relating to conservative or reactionary political views; noting or characteristic of the political Right.
- rinehart — Mary Roberts, 1876–1958, U.S. novelist and playwright.
- ringhals — a highly venomous snake, Hemachatus haemachatus, of southern Africa, related to the cobras, having one to three light-colored bands across its throat and characterized by its ability to accurately spit its venom up to 7 feet (2.1 meter) away.
- rinkhals — ringhals.
- roaching — Nautical. the upward curve at the foot of a square sail. (loosely) a convexity given to any of the edges of a sail; round.
- rockfish — any of various fishes found about rocks.
- rolliche — roulade (def 2).
- rose hip — hip2 .
- rosefish — redfish (def 1).
- roswitha — Hrotsvitha.
- roth ira — A Roth IRA is a kind of retirement account where contributions are made with taxed money, and distributions are tax-free.
- rough it — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.